Lucifer, Satan and the Devil

Lucifer, Satan and the Devil are three different names for the same
angel. Lucifer refers to this angel when he lived in heaven. Satan and
the Devil are names for this angel after he became evil and came to our
earth. The Bible uses many names for Satan. Read the
names of Satan
to find more of his names.

Lucifer

Lucifer was created by God as a perfect angel. He was called Lucifer
while he lived in heaven. After he sinned and persistently refused to
repent he was thrown out of heaven. When Lucifer was cast out of heaven
he lost his name Lucifer and he became known as Satan. The
history of Satan
tells his story.

Satan and the Devil

Satan is the name that is used for Lucifer after he was thrown out of
heaven. He is also called the devil. Satan is now a sinful, fallen
angel. He has lived on this earth for about 6,000 years. But Satan has
lived in the spirit world and most of the time he has not been visible
to people on earth. Very soon the devil will leave the spirit world and
will appear on earth in a visible form. Then he will be called the
beast.

The beast

The beast is the name that the Bible gives to Satan when he comes to
earth visibly and claims to be God. Satan will appear on earth as a
glorious, visible being. He will have the appearance of God. He will
require the whole world to worship him as their god.